1318h ago
Broadcasting GPS on the Local Network to Help Geoclue Find You https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/broadcasting-gps-on-the-local-network-to-help-geoclue-find-you/
#Gpshacks #SoftwareHacks #Location #Locationtracking #Mozilla
Broadcasting GPS On The Local Network To Help Geoclue Find You

Rather than having users go through the inconvenience of having to punch in their current location, an increasing number of applications and websites use location services that can pin-point the cu…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]19h ago

Broadcasting GPS on the Local Network to Help Geoclue Find You

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/broadcasting-gps-on-the-local-network-to-help-geoclue-find-you/

Broadcasting GPS On The Local Network To Help Geoclue Find You

Rather than having users go through the inconvenience of having to punch in their current location, an increasing number of applications and websites use location services that can pin-point the cu…

Hackaday
Dawarich5d ago

🚀 Dawarich 1.7.5 is out!

This release: various updates

📦 docker pull freikin/dawarich:1.7.5
📋 Changelog: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/releases/tag/1.7.5

#Dawarich #SelfHosted #LocationTracking #Privacy #OpenSource

Release 1.7.5 · Freika/dawarich

What a weekend, huh? Added Manual transportation-mode correction per segment in the map view, with a one-click reset to auto-detection. Manually-corrected segments are preserved across re-classifi...

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Dawarich6d ago

🚀 Dawarich 1.7.4 is out!

This release: various updates

📦 docker pull freikin/dawarich:1.7.4
📋 Changelog: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/releases/tag/1.7.4

#Dawarich #SelfHosted #LocationTracking #Privacy #OpenSource

Dawarich6d ago

🚀 Dawarich 1.7.3 is out!

This release: various updates

📦 docker pull freikin/dawarich:1.7.3
📋 Changelog: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/releases/tag/1.7.3

#Dawarich #SelfHosted #LocationTracking #Privacy #OpenSource

Release 1.7.3 · Freika/dawarich

Security Fixes for several issues found in a static-analysis security audit. None of these have a known in-the-wild exploit, but operators should still upgrade. Path traversal in user-data archive...

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DawarichApr 29

🚀 Dawarich 1.7.2 is out!

This release: various updates

📦 docker pull freikin/dawarich:1.7.2
📋 Changelog: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/releases/tag/1.7.2

#Dawarich #SelfHosted #LocationTracking #Privacy #OpenSource

Release 1.7.2 · Freika/dawarich

Removed rails_pulse performance monitoring has been removed entirely. The gem, its initializer (config/initializers/rails_pulse.rb), the /rails_pulse route mount, the scheduled RailsPulse::Summary...

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DawarichApr 28

🚀 Dawarich 1.7.1 is out!

This release: various updates

📦 docker pull freikin/dawarich:1.7.1
📋 Changelog: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/releases/tag/1.7.1

#Dawarich #SelfHosted #LocationTracking #Privacy #OpenSource

Release 1.7.1 · Freika/dawarich

Added API endpoints for mobile authentication. New ingest endpoint POST /api/v1/traccar/points for the Dawarich mobile client and any compatible Traccar-style tracker. Accepts a single nested-J...

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Hacker NewsApr 23

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's locations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/

#HackerNews #surveillance #privacy #telcos #locationtracking #dataabuse #cybersecurity

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say | TechCrunch

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

TechCrunch
TionApr 22

Geofency 9.9 is here 🚀

Plan routes right on the map with alternatives, share them instantly, and enjoy smoother photo browsing with pan & zoom. Plus: now available in Turkish 🇹🇷

If you enjoy Geofency, a quick App Store rating means a lot 🙌

#timetracking #locationtracking #stempeluhr #worktimes

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id615538630

Geofency - Time Tracking App - App Store

Download Geofency - Time Tracking by Karl Heinz Herbel on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Geofency - Time…

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N-gated Hacker NewsApr 17
👏 Behold, the Citizen Lab bravely "uncovers" the shocking news that advertisers want your location 📍— groundbreaking stuff, folks! All the while, the article deftly navigates through a maze of links, proving that the real #surveillance threat is clicking through this labyrinthine mess. 🔍💥
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/ #CitizenLab #Advertising #Privacy #LocationTracking #LabyrinthineLinks #HackerNews #ngated
Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-Based Geolocation Surveillance Tech

Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

The Citizen Lab